news & events

Composers and Authors Society of Singapore (COMPASS), MediaCorp Suria, MediaCorp Radio Warna and Ria, and today announce their first collaboration in the production of anugeraHitz.sg, an awards show that honours the best in the local Malay music industry. The inaugural awards show also recognises and celebrates the contributions made by the talents to the Malay […]

Call for Submissions of Instrumental/Ambient Music If you like your music to be be heard at the Changi Airport Terminals, we like to hear from you! Singapore’s Changi Airport which saw 36.7 million passenger movements for the year 2007, and recently registered an increase of 6.7% passenger traffic in the first quarter of 2008, has […]

Amendments to the society’s Article of Association proposed and approved at the society’s 21st AGM held on 30 June 2008 are as follows:- 1. PRELIMINARY a) That a new Article 1(xxii) be inserted as follows Personal Representative of the Member means the stated beneficiary (or beneficiaries) or the executor or administrator or trustee of his […]

Project Rentak”, a Malay language songwriting competition presented by COMPASS, Ria 89.7FM and Warna 94.2 FM and supported by PERKAMUS. The competition starts on 28th April 2008 and will end with a grand finale on 16th August 2008 featuring the top 2 songs from the competition and the current local Malay hit songs and artistes. […]

INVITATION TO APPLY FOR THE BMW MUSICA VIVA COMPOSTITION PRIZE FIFTH CALL: WORK FOR VOICE AND ORCHESTRA (www.br-online.de/musicaviva; musicaviva@brnet.de) For more information about the competition, please contact Mr. Michael TH Lim, Regional Manager, Corporate Affairs of BMW Asia at 6838 9638 or Michael.Lim@bmwasia.com. On the initiative of the Artistic Director of the musica viva, Prof. […]

COMPASS is pleased to announce that we have attained ISO 9001:2000 certification. The certification put in place a system to monitor and meet the changing needs of our customers, namely, our members, affiliated overseas societies, and music users. COMPASS embarked on the project in 2005 to get the daily operations and processes certified so that […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE COMPASS is prosecuting two content providers (CPs) for their unauthorized commercial usage of ring tones and MP3 downloads of musical works, of which COMPASS is the exclusive licensee in Singapore. The two companies, in the course of their businesses, offer, provide, transmit and distribute for sales, ringtones, true tones and MP3 downloads. […]

We are deeply saddened by the passing of COMPASS Director, Mr. Ng Guan Seng on 7 March 2006. Memorial service will be held at the Foo Hai Ch’an Monastery on 19 March 2006, 7pm. Foo Hai Ch’an Monastery is located at 87, Geylang East Ave 2, Singapore 389753.